B.C.sa国际传媒檚 entertainment hall-of-famers are featured on a new self-guided walking tour of Vancouversa国际传媒檚 StarWalk, where rock band Loverboy is among the latest inductees.

Bios for Bryan Adams, Sarah McLachlan, Michael J. Fox, Dal Richards and close to 200 others are now found on (vanwalks.ca), in partnership with .

For free along Granville Street, from Robson to Nelson, smartphone users can virtually expand sections of the sidewalk stars to read more about each inductee. Users can also start a tour by searching for a name and directions to the star placement.

sa国际传媒淓ntertainment in B.C. needs to regain its swagger, and the bronze stars on Granville Street are a big part of that,sa国际传媒� Bill Allman, president of BC Entertainment Hall of Fame, said in a news release Wednesday, June 7.

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On Thursday (June 15), members of Loverboy attended their StarWalk induction ceremony in the 800-block of Granville Street. The band had several hit songs starting in the early 1980s, including sa国际传媒淭urn Me Loosesa国际传媒� and sa国际传媒淭he Kid is Hot Tonite.sa国际传媒�

A similar ceremony will welcome Seeds of Time/Prism drummer Rocket Norton to the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame on Thursday, June 22. Norton later managed the Vogue Theatre and works to bring international artists to Vancouver concert stages.

The band Nickelback will also be made a StarWalk attraction this year, with details to come.

StarWalk entertainers with ties to Surrey include jazz singer , filmmaker , bhangra music star (aka Jaswinder Singh Bains) and others.

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Chris King, founder of VanWalks, said hesa国际传媒檚 thrilled to launch the content collaboration with BC Entertainment Hall of Fame, the latest addition to the companysa国际传媒檚 tours, some downloaded for a fee. Other destinations in Vancouver include Gastown, Chinatown, Stanley Park Seawall and Coal Harbour.

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